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invocation: God of the cross

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God of the Cross, be with us now as we begin again the Lenten journey.
In this time of worship, and in the days ahead,
strip us of our attachments and addictions,
that we might bare our souls to you;
render us deaf and blind to the distractions of want,
that we might hear and see only the demands of the Gospel;
and break through our spiritual blockades,
that we might be assailed by your relentless love.
We pray in the name of the self-giving, self-sacrificing Christ.  Amen.

Submitted by Rev. Daniel Mayes, First Christian Church, Spencer, IA.

CTW: the Messiah we need

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We come to Jesus, the author of a new and different way.
We confess that He is not the Messiah we want:
not a CEO, not a General, not a Senator,
not a Genie, not a Fairy Godmother, not Santa Claus.

We come to Jesus, who leads us in the Way of the Cross:
a path we would rather not walk,
for we are uncomfortable with sacrifice,
reluctant to abandon ourselves in self-giving love.

We come to Jesus, who is not the Messiah we want.
We come to Jesus because he is the Messiah we need.

submitted by Rev. Daniel Mayes, First Christian Church, Spencer, IA